The proliferation of social media has allowed the antivaccine movement to become more influential than at any point in history.…
Focus Tag: Public Health
QAnon Conspiracy Theories Are Being Promoted by Wellness Influencers | Cosmopolitan
When the pandemic hit last March, 27-year-old Jennifer*, a childcare worker from Virginia, was furloughed from her job, leaving her…
Google is giving $3 million to news orgs to fact-check vaccine misinformation | Nieman Journalism Lab
The Google News Initiative announced it will give $3 million to news and fact-checking organizations in an effort to combat…
Futures Forum on Preparedness | Schmidt Futures + SSRC
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our modern public health infrastructure like never before. Why have some nations successfully contained the…
COVID-19 misinformation ‘superspreaders’ thriving on Facebook and Instagram | TheHill
After insisting for years that false claims about vaccines are better left up to be debunked, Facebook announced last month…
Health Workers Using TikTok to Fight COVID-19 Disinformation | Time
At first glance, the December video looks like just the latest rendition of a TikTok trend. On one side of…
Pharmacist Accused of Tampering With Vaccine Was Conspiracy Theorist, Police Say | The New York Times
A pharmacist who was arrested on charges that he intentionally sabotaged more than 500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at…
In Minority Communities, Doctors Are Changing Minds About Vaccination | The New York Times
Across the country, Black and Hispanic physicians like Dr. Wiley are reaching out to Americans in minority communities who are…
Facts won’t fix this: experts on how to fight America’s disinformation crisis | The Guardian
At the beginning of 2021, millions of Americans appear to disagree about one of the most basic facts of their…
Flint Has Clean Water Now. Why Won’t People Drink It? | POLITICO
Weaver was narrowly defeated in her 2019 reelection bid by Sheldon Neeley, a state representative and former city council member…